#B96551#B96551

#B96551 is a mid, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.202; OKLCH L 59.9% C 0.113 H 34.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B96551
RGB	rgb(185, 101, 81)
HSL	hsl(12, 43%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(12, 56%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 45.4%, 56.2%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.08, 31.73, 26.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.08, 41.17, 39.58°)
OKLab	oklab(59.89% 0.093 0.0637)
OKLCH	oklch(59.89% 0.113 34.4)
XYZ	xyz(26.1484, 20.2184, 10.3085)
Luminance	0.2022 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B96551 #51A5B9

analogous

#B95171 #B96551 #B99951

triadic

#B96551 #51B965 #6551B9

tetradic

#B96551 #71B951 #51A5B9 #9951B9

square

#B96551 #71B951 #51A5B9 #9951B9

split-complementary

#B96551 #51B999 #5171B9

monochromatic

#663529 #924C3B #B96551 #CB8C7D #DCB2A8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.16

#B96551 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.04

#B96551 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B96551

5.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B96551	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B96551	1.00	4.16	5.04	5.04
#FFFFFF	4.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7A714F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8E8350

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C95760

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b96551;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 101, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.9% 0.113 34.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d29282',
    500: '#b96551',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b96551;
$custom-light: #d29282;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b96551",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 101,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 11.538,
    "s": 42.623,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59891,
    "c": 0.11274,
    "h": 34.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.20216
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B96551

secondary

#9CC1CA

accent

#BAD255

background

#FDF9F7

surface

#FBF1EE

border

#D4CBC9

text

#150D0A

muted

#837E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B96551

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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